My female yorkie used to nip at my 12 y/o son. I quickly realized that our Lucy viewed my youngest son as beneath her in the pack order - with my daughter and myself at the top.
Whenever I'd call my son to dinner or to do his homework, my Lucy would start barking at him - as if to tell my son: "Do as WE say!"
At first, I thought it was cute & tolerated the behavior. Very quickly, it escalated to jumping & nipping at my son (nearly catching his privates on occasion - ouch!!)
So, we began a plan that whenever Lucy barked at my son, my daughter and me would reprimand her and use a touch on the side of the neck to immediately stop the behavior.
Then, we had my son also reprimand her with touch also.
Lucy now knows her place. We stop the behavior as soon as it begins now so it doesn't escalate.
Good luck. |